Sat Nav app on iPhone cannot override intercom (SMH5)
I am using an app on my iPhone for sat nav and the sat nav voice instructions cannot override the intercom conference.
I successfully paired both my iPhone and another SMH5 headset for intercom. If I only use the iPhone, the voice instructions from the sat nav app work just fine. However, as soon as I initiate intercom conf with the other SMH5 user, I find that sat nav voice instructions are not overriding the intercom. From this, I understand that the iPhone has been paired as an A2DP device, which is the lowest priority.
Because of that, I have to keep looking down at my iPhone all the time in order not miss turns. Not only is it very inconvenient, but it's also downright dangerous! There should definitely be a way to address this problem, and blaming it on the iPhone/iOS won't do any good. I actually tried to pair my iPhone as an HFP device (according to the advanced instructions in your manual), but the sat nav voice instructions are no longer relayed to BT in that case; so it just doesn't work...
Since I don't care so much about music, all I need is sat nav voice instructions overriding intercom. That's it. This could be achieved in a number of ways:
- Enable the iPhone profile to have higher priority than intercom for any audio;
- Enable the A2DP profile to have higher priority than intercom (I believe that a firmware update could add that feature very easily);
- Mix the intercom and A2DP profile audio.
For the sake of convenience and safety, please do something about it. I'm sure that many current and future Sena users would benefit from it, as GPS apps on iPhone are becoming more and more mainstream. I look forward to your reply.
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Been a couple of years now, and this feature is still not there. I use my smh10 in constant intercom mode while riding and it'd be great to have my Galaxy S5 interject nav directions as they come up.
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My SMH10 is nearly useless to me as well, when another device cannot interject during intercom, as I am forced to leave intercom off. Please consider!
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Is there already a workaround for this problem? I'm using Osmand in combination with a Galaxy S4.
Thanks!
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Just realized the initial unit in this thread was the SMH5 whereas mine is an SMH10. Still, the same issue applies and has now for three years! Sena has made a nice unit and has responded to many issues with updates in the past. This one would appear to be relatively easy by just writing some code to add config options in the bios and would be a major step forward in user satisfaction. SENA, ARE YOU WORKING ON THIS AT ALL?
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il problema è molto grave, il fatto che le istruzioni vocali dell'app nav di Iphone non abbia la prevalenza su comunicazione intercom è davvero molto grave.
Prego risolvere con aggiornamento urgente, grazie
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